Hello friends
This is a short announcement to inform you that the latest edition of
Wiki Loves Africa has launched !
The 2021 theme is "Health and Wellness" (surprised ?)
and can include representations of/traditional or western medical
interventions or personnel/,/healthy eating/, or/exercise/etc..
Contest page is here :
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2021
There is a lot of info being published at the moment from the main
twitter account and facebook account. Do not hesitate to follow, like,
share etc. (links on the contest page)
Many country teams are involved and you are welcome to support them in
whatever way you will feel most helpful and relevant ;)
WLA over the last 6 years is
* Over*64,000 images*collected
* *8,120 unique*submitters
* Images viewed*520 millions*times altogether (Sept 2020)
* 270+ events in 23 African countries
* Submitted images*viewed 41 million times*each month (April 2020);
* *80%+ of competitors*are newbies;
For those interested by meta topics:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2021
Florence
PS: we are looking for some volunteer jury members from ANY country to
help serve on national juries to support the small teams. If interested,
please contact us.
(French, English or Arabic speaking please).
Save the date : Saturday the 6th of Feb 2021 at 10 am UTC+1
Isaac and Anthere will host a webinar related to IP law, licenses and
other legal considerations related to participation to the WLA contest.
Primary targetted people are local organizers of Wiki Loves Africa photo
contest, but the webinar is public and open to all. Please join.
The webinar will feature presentation of keypoints + discussion.
Language will be in English.
More info here :
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2021/Meetings
Anthere